20 years after Pluto was made a dwarf planet, some still can’t let go

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1. Sun, 23 August 2026

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   • Google News - Top Stories11:00first to report
     20 years after Pluto was made a dwarf planet, some still can’t let go

     20 years after Pluto was made a dwarf planet, some still can’t let go NBC News It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back? Space Pluto Got Demoted 20 Years Ago. We’re Still Not Sure What a Planet Really Is. National Geographic Pluto's Demotion Was 20 Years Ago; Know Five Cool Facts About Our Former 9th Planet Mashable India Mike Brown is very sorry, but Pluto still isn’t a planet Scientific American

   • RMF24 (Poland)18:47
     19 lat temu zmieniono podręczniki. Dlaczego Pluton przestał być planetą?

     19 lat temu zmieniono podręczniki. Dlaczego Pluton przestał być planetą?

2. Mon, 24 August 2026

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   • Le Monde (France)04:00
     Quand Pluton perdait son statut de planète en 2006, après un vote à main levée

     Découverte en 1930, Pluton a longtemps été considérée comme la neuvième planète du Système solaire, jusqu’à un vote de l’Union astronomique internationale en 2006.

   • Index.hr (Croatia)06:00
     Zašto Pluton više nije planet?

     PLUTON je izgubio status planeta nakon skupštine Međunarodne astronomske unije.

   • Google News - Top Stories10:00
     It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?

     It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back? Space 20 years after Pluto was made a dwarf planet, some still can’t let go NBC News On this day in space! Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto loses its planet status Space Pluto Got Demoted 20 Years Ago. We’re Still Not Sure What a Planet Really Is. National Geographic Planetary plot twist The New Orleans 100

   • Google News - Top Stories20:19
     It’s Been 20 Years Since Astronomers Decided Pluto Isn’t a Planet

     It’s Been 20 Years Since Astronomers Decided Pluto Isn’t a Planet CNET It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back? Space Once the Solar System's Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here's Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small Icy Body Smithsonian Magazine How Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Changed the Definition of a Planet Air and Space Museum 20 years after Pluto was made a dwarf planet, some still can’t let go NBC News

   • iRozhlas (Czechia)21:21
     Pluto už je 20 let mimo Sluneční soustavu. ‚Patřím do tábora, který chce Pluto zase planetou,‘ říká šéf NASA

     Vesmírné těleso Pluto už dvacet let na den přesně nepatří mezi planety. Rozhodla o tom Mezinárodní astronomická unie na svém setkání v Praze. Zároveň ale tehdy odborníci vytvořili nové pojmenování trpasličí planety, kromě Pluta tam zařadili i další kosmické objekty. Setkání dále přibližuje v Českém rozhlasu Plus astronom Petr Scheirich.

3. Tue, 25 August 2026

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   • tportal (Croatia)10:21
     Prošlo je 20 godina otkad je Pluton izgubio status planeta: Hoće li ga ikad dobiti nazad?

     Planet ili patuljasti planet? Najudaljeniji svijet Sunčeva sustava po mnogima je nezaslužno izgubio punopravnog planeta, no njegovo ponovno uvođenje moglo bi pokrenuti neugodnu lančanu reakciju

4. Tue, 1 September 2026

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   • taipeitimes.com16:00
     Forbidden planet: Was Pluto’s demotion a big mistake?

     Twenty years ago, Pluto got demoted. After a vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006, Pluto was relegated from major planet to dwarf planet status. Our solar system dropped from nine planets to eight. At the time, many scientists were unhappy with the decision. Two decades